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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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Love Begins

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@celestinekronberger
Comics have Gutters
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A little snapshot of a zine project I participated in. Often when I am making comics I try to read up entries in my journal that really emotionally stirred me. At least I hope to think that it also might stir you too a bit <3
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wanna know what your current thoughts of Shimeji Simulation are
it's really good, i'm a total sucker for magic realism and surrealist narratives as a whole and i feel like shimeji simulation spins it super deftly—less concern with offering logical explanations for things that are better left up to the reader's imagination, with the focus instead on the consequences of and interactions with these sudden, inexplicable metaphysical shifts. things literally pop in and out of existence at seemingly random and we see characters' non-reactions to all these sudden disruptive events and take that as a cue that we simply have to accept the inexplicable as it comes, but it never comes across as forced nonchalance; it just creates an atmosphere where the reader can easily suspend their disbelief by taking their cues from the characters' responses to their strange environment, which makes the story feel very immersive. there's no traditionally-structured plot the story follows along a singular path, instead it's a sort of open-ended, curious exploration of the strange-yet-mundane world these girls are living in. but the execution really makes it something worth experiencing and worth keeping up with.
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Being Cozy, Zwelethu Mthethwa, 2000, MoMA: Drawings and Prints
Katsko Suzuki Memorial Fund Size: sheet: 39 3/8 x 27 ½" (100.1 x 69.9 cm) Medium: Screenprint
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/95183
Currently watching I Told the Sunset about You (แปลรักฉันด้วยใจเธอ). Which has really beautiful cinematography. I especially love the symmetry..and I mean Thailand looks just really beautiful <3 Not sure about content warnings for this one. I think the relationship is very consesual although for me there were a few signs of them verbally abusing each other. So maybe a bit of a toxic dynamic.
A Comic About Rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion As An Adult That’s Only Tangentially Related To Popular 90s Classic Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion
blurry kibum hehe @fyeahshineefanart
Textile collage for one of my fabric classes. The aim was to describe a character in materials and textures.
おにいさまへ…(Oniisama e...) 1991-1992 directed by Osamu Dezaki. I'm now finishing off these series and it is just so heart wrenching. The storytelling is really subtle and brings you along on a journey with its characters. Since you start to feel so much compassion for them its even harder seeing them suffer so much.
CW: toxic relationships, violence, abuse, blood, character death, incest, self-harm, eating disorder, psychological manipulation, suicidal thoughts(Screenshots are from Magical Girl subs of the orignial anime series)
any recs of anime or manga with butch characters? ive seen all the standard ones like sailor moon, oniisama e (rei is always on my mind), and standard yuri animes. i just would love to see more masculine female characters :/
i’m butch myself, so seeing this in my inbox made me smile. but before address the question, i want to cover my bases and clarify a couple of points first:
“butch” as a wlw identity doesn’t really exist in japan the same way it does in like, america for instance. the japanese lgbt scene has its own identities, roles, and lexicon which are embedded within the history of japanese lgbt people. while the terms “neko” and “tachi” are often mistranslated as “fem(me)” and “butch”, they aren’t actually the same thing, and have completely separate histories and social contexts in which they exist.
however, you seem to be using the term butch here to loosely mean “masculine woman”, rather than as a wlw identity/role, so i’m gonna follow your lead. generally speaking, women’s masculinity in japan has a very different history and set of standards than that of western butchness. japanese masc women, as a result, don’t present the same way as western masc women, and so in many cases they may not read the same way to a western reader as they would to a japanese one. stuff like that is important to keep in mind when looking at how masculinity in women is portrayed in japanese media.
as an aside, i generally dislike the use of the descriptor “masculine female” to define “butch”, as it can be interpreted as exclusionary to butch trans women. while obviously trans women are as female as any other woman, there’s significant precedent for terfs using the term “masculine female” as a catch-all which homogenizes masculine cis women, nonbinary people, and trans men while simultaneously excluding trans women entirely. so i tend to be pretty careful on how i use terms like “male” and “female” in this context.
with all of that being said:
my #1 rec is obviously gonna be revolutionary girl utena, the anime (moreso than the manga, which while due plenty of credit as the source material, is bogged down so much by chiho saitou’s own heteronormativity that it fails to reach its own narrative potential; this is a rare case where the anime adaptation is leagues above the source material in quality). that is, if you haven’t already seen it (not sure whether it falls under your definition of “standard”). the crux of the show is about deconstructing the role of womanhood and its impact on those who live within that role’s relationships both with men and with other women. it is, in my opinion, an indispensable work of art.
similarly, you should definitely check out rose of versailles by riyoko ikeda if you haven’t read/watched it already (you may well have, if you’ve already read oniisama e). it’s not a yuri (unfortunately...it should have been smdh) although it is a staple of the dansou theme in manga, and takes much inspiration from the yuri genre; the female lead oscar, who has lived her whole life within the “male” role, has a very romantic friendship with her friend/mentee rosalie.
golondrina by est em is definitely worth checking out too; the main character is a masc lesbian pursuing the traditionally male-dominated sport of bullfighting, but it isn’t focused on romance (although it does come up, especially later in the series). some might fund the subject matter questionable, although the ethical concerns surrounding bullfighting are discussed, the way it’s romanticized by the main characters is bound to make some people uncomfortable.
i also highly recommend you check out ebine yamaji’s yuri manga, pretty much all of which feature somewhat more “tomboyish” bi women or lesbian main characters. love my life is her most well known work, and it’s my all time favorite work of hers as well. they’re less overtly masculine, and i doubt any would self-describe as such. still, it fits the bill close enough and i can’t resist recommending ebine yamaji every chance i get, so sue me.
tsuki to suppin is another yuri manga you might like, with one of the main characters being rather tomboyish, particularly relative to her more feminine girlfriend. although like with ebine yamaji, it’s more androgyny-based and isn’t the sort of “masculinity” readily intelligible with butchness. if you like soft lesbian slice of life this is a great manga to check out.
karubania monogatari by tono also fits the bill, and is not dissimilar in many ways to rose of versailles as far as both the old-fashioned political elements of its setting and the princely (well, duke-ly) role of the main lead, although i recommend it much more hesitantly than the above, because it has some majorly problematic elements that ultimately lead me to drop the series, but you’re still welcome to give it a go.
to note a couple of non-manga graphic novels from other countries that fit this bill as well:
the manhua tamen de gushi has a distinctly masc/fem lesbian couple as its primary focus. it’s very slow-burn and generally inexplicit, at least in part due to having to circumvent chinese censorship laws, but is still a very sweet read and the characters are very likeable.
the american graphic novel roadqueen by mira ong chua also centers on a masc/fem lesbian couple, and takes a huge amount of inspiration from the yuri tradition, as well as women’s biker gangs. it’s action-packed and a ton of fun.
ah, that’s all i can think of for now. hope this helps!
These recommendations are really amazing. Thank you so much for approaching this subject with so much nuance.
Since I am still at home not being able to attend my studies I decided on buying a linocut set. I wanted also to assure myself that this time of experimentation can not only happen at school.
I used the colors of an Akira screenshot bcs what is color theory right!😅 https://www.instagram.com/p/BzqiMJjifPz/?igshid=xwcdo8gv0x3d
Here is some creepy vampire femdom shit for u. You're welcome ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzfM-6PCOrs/?igshid=1p4n270jxqupt